Luncheon case and table for automobiles and the like.



H. H. LABADI E & B. B. BEERS. LUNCHEON CASE AND TABLE FOR AUTOMOBILES AND THE UKE.

APPLICATION.FILED JUNE 28, 1915- I Patented J 11116 13, 1916.

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H. H. LABADIE & B. B. BEERS. LUNCHEON CASE AND TABLE FOR AUTOMOBLLES AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 28.1915- Patented June 13, 1916.

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HARRY H. LAB ADIE AND BURTON B. BEERS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS; SAID BEERS ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM SCHWEITZER,

,RDECEASED.

LUNGHEON oAsE AND TABLE FGR AUTOMOBILES AND THE LIKE. r

hereby declare that the following descrip-v tion of our said invention, taken in connection with theaccompanying sheets of drawings, forms a full, clear, and exact specification, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Our invention relates generally to improvements in luncheon cases and tables for automobiles and the like, and it consists,

essentially, in the novel and peculiar 'combination of parts and details of construction ashereinafter first fully set forth and described and then pointed out in the claims,

and refers particularly to devices described.

and claimed in the United States Letters Patent No. 1,121,672, granted to Schweitzer and Labadie, December 22, 1914; andother devices disclosed in Letters Patent No; 1,150,126, granted to Harry H. Labadie, on August 17 1915, and in application of Labadie, Beers, and Stark, filed August 31,

1914, Serial No. 859,413; and is in the nai The side walls 3 and 4, and the rear wall 5 ture of an improvement thereupon.

. The essence of the present invention resides in means applied to, or formed integrally with the afore-mentioned inventions, whereby the same are provided with extendible bases of relativelygreat area so as to cau'sesaid cases to become self upstandable in an automobile, or upon a picnic ground when employed as a luncheon table. Moreover, by the application or inclusion of our present structure, means are provided for the retention of a refrigerator or a fireless cooker of suitable type within said case, whereby liquids maybe cooled or meals cooked while enroute, or en tom, as the case may be.

In the drawings already referred to, Figure 1 indicates a perspective view of our invention as integrally formed with a combined luncheon case and table for automo biles and the like. Fig. 2 is a like view of our invention as applied to a combined Specification of Letters Patent. P t t J n 13,1 16; Application filed June 28, 1915. Serial N 0. 36,764.

luncheon case and table of different 0on struction. Fig. 3 is a vertical, lateral section in'line 33 of Fig. 2 with the table element shown inv the latter figure removed. Fig. 4 is an enlarged vertical, lateral section of a fragment of Figs. l or 3. Fig. 5 is a plan of Fig. 4. Fig.6 is a vertical longitudinal section of part of the toggle joint seen in Fig. 4. Fig. 7 is an enlarged section of a fragment of. Fig. 3,.but disclosing a slightly modified though equivalent type of construction, and Fig. 8 isaplan ofFig. 7. Like parts are indicated by corresponding characters or symbols of reference in all the figures of the drawings. 7

. Referring now to the drawings, A, Fig. 1, shows a luncheoncase and table as a whole as constructed under our invention. The same comprises a top wall 1, a medial horizontal partition 2, side walls 3 and 4, and a rear wall 5, there being a narrow front wall 6 connecting said walls at an elevation substantially coincident with the partition 2, thereby leaving an opening 7 to the interior of the casebetweensaid wall 6 and the top 1 and extending between the side walls 3 and 4, for the'reception within said case oflink connected trays 14 and 15, to the latter of which is connected a cover T adapted to serve as a table member of said case and likewise as a closure of the said opening 7.

areextended below the medial, horizontal partition 2 as at 3, 4 and 5 and there is properly disposed a bottom or floor wall 8 which coacting with the partition 2 and the and 3*, there being cooperating locks and catches 12 and 12 on thesaid walls 3 and 4 and the lips 11 and 11 to maintain the closing member 10 in closed position in a manner readily comprehended.

Attention is now directed to the fact that the front edge 8 70f theb'ottom wall 8 is V downwardly mitered and that'the inner ada picnic table.

' iscrew eyes 20 and 20 arescrewed into the rear wall D of a seat of an automobile, ad- 85 jacent edgeof the cover, or, in other words, the closing member 10, is likewise mltered so that the apices of said mitered edges are in substantial contact, along which the hinging meansfor said cover 10 are provided, so

that when said cover is swung upwardly into closed position the same will, in conjunction 'withthe base 8, present a neatly squared edge,a'nd when open will be a true continuation of the base. i

The chamber 9 already referred to is adapted for the receptionofarectangular box of'somewhat less size than said chamber,

so as to be slidable therein, which box may be a double walledl refrigerator or firel'ess cooker as the casemayibe.

- Pivoted to angle irons 15 and fixed to the closing member 10, are links 16, which, being pivoted to like links 17, the free ends of V which are pivoted'inor to the walls 3*- and 4 form toggles40, adapted to fixedly main tain the closing member 10in a position parallel to the floor wall 8, or substantially thereto to producea base of extended area supportive of thecase A, when employed as The spread orextended base thus described is sufficient to sustainthe Case (evenwhen the cover T is open as in Fig.

. 1) in placed position in an automobile while en tour, but as a'preventive of "vibration,

jacent the floor E thereof, whereto areled leather or. like straps F having buckles G, which straps may be'employed" for evident purposes. 7 I j In Figs. 2 and 8 we indicate our invention as a separable adjunct to the case A, the walls 3*, 4, 5, being independent of the wallsi3," 4, and 5. and attached thereto by tightly fitting dowel pins 50, Fig. 3 or equivalent media. I

In the various makes of automobiles the angularity of the rear w-allof a seat thereof with the floor ofa car varies, so that in many cases the length of the toggles 40 must I "be varied in order that theouter edge of the closing member 10 may restfup'on the floor of the car, and the upper portion of wall 5 of thefcase A against the rear wall of'the said seat. To provide for these necessary adjustments, the devices shown in Figs. 4, 5,

and 6, or in Figs. 7 and Bare employed.

In the, former instance the link 16 is replaced by two overlapping halves 16 and 16 ,Figs. 4, '5, and 6,' the latter of which has a longitudinal slot 22 near its free end thereof, for the reception therethrough of a headed'bolt" 23, which passes through an aperture nea'r the free end of the half 16,

Land is provided wi th a clamping nut 24,

wherebythe two halves may be clamped gether. 3 V i I l closing member 10, as the circumstances may require, to provide the proper ad ustment of the parts. lVe have hereinbefore disclosed the preferred mode of practising our invention,

but We reserve the right to make such and,

any changes as might occur to one skilled in the art to which this invention appertains, or to make any and all such alterations as may be permitted under the doctrine of equivalents.

Havingthus fully described our invention we claim as new, and desire to secure to ourselves by Letters Patent of the United States:-

1. The combination of a casing including side walls, a rear wall, a base wall, and an open front, of a closing member for said front, hinged to the front edge of said base wall, and toggles, one of the links of which is adjustable in length, connecting said closing member and said side walls, maintaining said closing member in horizontal position substantially parallel to and a continuation of said base wall, whereby an extended base of increased area is provided for said casing.

2. A'luncheon case including side walls, a rear, and a bottom, and an open front, the said bottom wall projecting beyond said side walls and terminating in a beveled edge, a

cover member, with a coacting beveled edge,

adapted to close said front and hinged along the apex of said beveled edge of said bottom, and, means coacting with said cover and said side walls adapted to enforce the rigid positioning of said cover in a predetermined plane.

3. A luncheon case including side walls, a rear, and a bottom, and an open front, the said bottom wall projecting beyond said side walls and terminating in a beveled edge, a cover member, with a coacting beveled edge, adapted to close said front and hinged along the apex of said beveled edge of said bottom, and, adjustable means coacting with said cover and said side walls adapted toenforce the rigid positioning of said cover in a predetermined plane.

4. A luncheon case including side walls, a rear, and a bottom, and an open front, the said bottom wall projecting beyond said side walls and terminating in a beveled edge, a cover member, with a coacting beveled edge, adapted to close said front and hinged along the apex of said beveled edge of said bottom, and having marginal lips to embrace saidsidewalls, ears on said cover. intermediate said lips, means connecting said ears to the inner faces of said side Walls and the apex of said beveled edge of said bottom, and having marginal lips to embrace said side. Walls, ears on said cover intermediate said lips, adjustable means connecting said ears to the inner faces of said side Walls and adapted to enforce the rigid positioning of said cover in a predetermined plane.

' In testimony that We claim the foregoing as our invention, We have hereunto set our hands.

HARRY HQLABADiE. BURTON BEERS.

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